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Australia compromises over certification of Eagle XT-S
AUSTRALIA'S Civil Aviation Authority has issued a special category certificate of airworthiness to allow the Eagle XT-S sports trainer to operate in Australia, following its failure fully to meet European Joint Aviation Regulations for Very Light Aircraft (JAR-VLA). The aircraft is manufactured in Perth, Western Australia, by Eagle ...
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Waiting for the lift-off
Graham Warwick/ATLANTA Heli-Expo '95, the Helicopter Association International (HAI) convention in Las Vegas, Nevada, on 29-31 January, comes as the industry faces the issues of continued recession, inadequate infrastructure and concerns over the safety of the machine on which most helicopter pilots train today. Manufacturers have ...
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NetJets programme buys 22 Gulfstream GIV/GVs
Graham Warwick/ATLANTA EXECUTIVE JET Aviation (EJA) has ordered seven Gulfstream IV-SP business-jets, and taken options on 13 more GIV-SPs and two long-range Gulfstream Vs, for its NetJets fractional-ownership programme. The deal, worth more than $500 million, including interior completion and maintenance of the aircraft, represents Gulfstream's largest-ever order. ...
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Airlines face prospect of dearer leases as capacity shortages begin to bite
AIRLINES COULD begin to face a shortage of aircraft capacity as soon as 1996, leading to a steep rise in leasing rates according to industry specialist, GATX Air. "There's going to be a scarcity again," warned GATX Air executive vice-president Glenn Hickerson, when he addressed airline representatives at ...
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Boeing signs space-station contract
NASA AND BOEING have signed a $5.63 billion contract for the design and development of the 380t Alpha international space-station. The deal marks a major milestone in the programme, which will cost NASA an estimated $18 billion by the year 2003, excluding launch costs. Canada, Europe, Japan and ...
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ANA swaps Airbuses in review
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE ALL NIPPON AIRWAYS (ANA) has reached an agreement with Airbus Industrie to order ten A321s and defer delivery of five A340-300s to at least the year 2000. The Japanese carrier expects to announce shortly the results of a sweeping review of the airline's future ...
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China Yunnan 767s replace 757 order
CHINA YUNNAN Airlines' recently announced order for three Rolls-Royce RB.211-524H-powered Boeing 767-300s (Flight International, 18-24 January) replaces a previously unannounced order for three 757-200s. The Kunming-based carrier had been scheduled to receive three 757s from state-owned China Aviation Supplies (CASC). The aircraft are among 13 RB.211-535-powered 757s originally ...
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Fuji proposes four-blade SuperCobra
Paul Lewis/TOKYO FUJI HEAVY INDUSTRIES (FHI) of Japan is proposing a four-blade version of the Bell AH-1W SuperCobra as a more cost-effective alternative to licence- manufacturing the McDonnell Douglas AH-64 Apache. The AH-IW proposal is in response to the Japan Ground Self-Defence Force's (JGSDF) requirement for ...
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Jobs to go at America West
AMERICA WEST Airlines is to shed around 1,100 jobs as part of a wider programme to cut costs to compete in the low-fares US airline market. The streamlining plan aims to trim around $31 million off the carrier's $1.3 billion costs this year. The savings are then targeted ...
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Middle Eastern airlines report mixed results
CARRIERS IN THE Middle East are looking for an upturn in 1995, improving on a patchy performance over the past year among the region's national carriers. Privatisation also remains on the agenda. Saudi Arabian carrier Saudia could be back on course for break-even this year because of an ...
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Croats thwart UN arms ban in building air force
Andrzej Jeziorski/ZAGREB CROATIA HAS succeeded in buying a force of Mil Mi-24V Hind helicopter gunships, despite the continuing UN arms embargo on the former Yugoslav republic. Military officials say that the gunships, which came into Croatian service last year, have been bought only for casualty evacuation, ...
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FAA to run icing tests on major turboprop models
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC THE US FEDERAL Aviation Administration is to examine how a range of turboprop airliners behaves in icing conditions, following its new directives relating to the ATR 42 and 72 (Flight International, 18-24 January). Extensive testing of ATR aircraft in the wake of the ...
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FAA restricts R22/44 but resists grounding
THE US FEDERAL Aviation Administration is placing highly restrictive airworthiness directives (AD) on Robinson Helicopter R22 and R44 light helicopters in an effort to prevent mast-bumping and rotor/fuselage strikes. Its actions stop well short, however, of the grounding recommended by the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) pending ...
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A dozen Su-34s planned by 1998
RUSSIA'S NOVOSIBIRSK Chkalov plant plans to produce 12-13 Sukhoi Su-34 tactical bombers by 1998. Chkalov plant officials say two more production-configuration Su-34s are now being assembled at the site. The plant had been producing Sukhoi Su-24 Fencers until 1992, and the new type is to be substituted for ...
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Zambia troubles spark regional-airline hopes
THE COLLAPSE OF Zambia's flag carrier is proving the catalyst for the probable creation of a new domestic carrier and the possible formation of a network of southern African regional airlines. South Africa's SA Express (SAX) has told Zambia that it is willing to fund 40% of the ...
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Snecma makes cost cuts to combat losses
Gilbert Sedbon/PARIS SNECMA HAS embarked on a new cost-cutting plan, including further job losses, in the face of mounting losses at the French state-owned engine maker. "We're still in a deep crisis which is expected to last for another two or three years," said new chairman ...
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Eurofighter rejects new control proposal
Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH THE Eurofighter consortium has decided to stop work on an alternative flight-control system (FCS) for the Eurofighter 2000, based on technology from the Daimler-Benz Aerospace (formerly DASA)/ Rockwell X-31 programme. An FCS presentation to the Eurofighter management agency NEFMA was scheduled for 24 January, ...
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UK may cancel Phoenix UAV
Douglas Barrie and Simon Elliott/LONDON THE BRITISH ARMY is considering the cancellation of a key unmanned-air-vehicle (UAV) programme which is six years behind schedule and has cost the Ministry of Defence (MoD) £227 million. Project costs have more than doubled, compared with the original estimates when the deal ...
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Defence sales give MDC a record year
A RECORD performance from the defence division in 1994 left McDonnell Douglas (MDC) showing its highest-ever profits, despite a further decline in civil-aircraft sales. The group ended the year with net profits of $598 million, an improvement of more than $200 million on 1993. Operating profits also broke ...
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Swissair strikes blow for satellite links
Kieran Daly/LONDON SWISSAIR HAS dealt would-be providers of terrestrial-based air-to-ground telephones a major blow by opting to fit its domestic European fleet with satellite communications. It is understood, however, that Lufthansa is about to sign up to use the competing terrestrial flight-telephone system (TFTS). ...